ADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia has created 1.5 million domestic jobs over the past five months of the current Fiscal Year, the Ministry of Labor and Skills (MoLS) said, seeing a significant improvement for overseas employment.
MoLS Minister Muferihat Kamil told the Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) that the country has managed to create about 1.5 million jobs nationally out of the total drawn up plans to create about 4.9 million jobs during the same stated period above.
She emphasized that the ministry along with regional stakeholders has been working on rigorous activities employing visible initiatives nationwide to address unemployment issues.
“Subsequent monthly virtual and other annual deliberations have been undertaken along with practitioners drawn from federal to local levels aiming to trickle down all the practices and initiatives meaningfully,” she remarked.
She said that they have been providing skill-oriented trainings, innovative developments to equip the workforce with the required know-how that meet employers’ standards and improve productivity.
To date, the government and private sectors are providing loans, streamlined household and community business engagements are well underway to fully utilize the immense resource potential in their respective communities.
“Public service reform activities are also on the way to be implemented to provide innovative, fast and reliable services at all levels.”
Moreover, 5 million coders initiative, which is part of digital Ethiopia 2025 goal, has brought a significant opportunity for the youth to develop their innovative ideals, digital skills and their collective future.
Pledging continued support on creating an enabling environment, she urged the youth to change the challenges into opportunities and enable them to contribute to their country.
She said, “Now, there are about 80,000 work orders on the list from 10 companies, however most of them are not yet utilized.”
Ministry’s State Minister Solomon Soka also highlighted that they are expanding efforts dealing with various ideal destination countries to safeguard citizens’ rights, lead dignified life and ensure beneficiaries while sending for overseas employment.
Solomon said: “Over 162,000 Ethiopians secured overseas jobs during the past five months.” Also, it requires concerted efforts, strong partnership and collaboration among the various actors and stakeholders in the area.
Indeed, skill development and peaceful industrial connections are taking place thereby registering promising results on job creation; however, there are still remaining activities towards addressing unemployment.
BY ASHENAFI ANIMUT
THE ETHIOPIAN HERALD THURSDAY 26 DECEMBER 2024
